Supporters irked as parties eschew competition amid tight deadline to fill candidate slots
With parties rushing to fill their slate of candidates just over a month from the federal election, some grassroots supporters have been angered as candidates are being green lit without a competitive nomination fight. Tight deadlines have led to parties handpicking candidates, which one former MP says can lead to more electoral success than having […]
Early campaign messages are stuck on repeat
OTTAWA—The least surprising development of the summer happened on Aug. 15. The federal election was called. Breaking news it was not. The soil had been tilled since late spring for an August call with a Sept. 20 election day. Shock would have engulfed the political class if a national vote had been shelved. Though there […]
Staggered start: hurdles, boosts for each party at election starting line
With an Aug. 15 visit to Rideau Hall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the lever on the election machine, sending political apparatus into high gear and tossing parties and their representatives into the open water for a sink-or-swim 36-day campaign. According to CBC’s poll tracker, as of Aug. 16, the Liberal Party has 35.6 per cent […]
The 13 suburban ridings that will be key battlegrounds this election
The 13 suburban ridings that were decided with the closest margin in 2019 will be the battleground ridings in the next election, and winning them all could deliver the Liberals a majority government, say former Liberal MPs who are running in the next election and pollsters. Read more on reporter Abbas Rana’s coverage here, and […]
The 47 MPs who won by 5% or less in 2019
In the ridings secured by the slimmest margins in 2019, Liberal candidates took 26 of the 47 seats won by less than five per cent. Click here or look below to search through the list.
The list of 29 MPs not running in the next election and how they did in 2019
Editor’s note: This article, first published on Aug. 9, 2021, was updated on Aug. 17, 2021. Please contact us at news@hilltimes.com if any names are missing.
Party platforms must be substantive, offer competing visions, political panellists say
Party platforms need to address big picture concerns like climate change, Indigenous issues, and the “post-pandemic market,” say three political insiders at the outset of a breakneck 36-day campaign. The Pearson Centre for Progressive Politics invited political insiders for an Aug. 16 panel discussion on what the political landscape looks like and what people can […]
Trudeau announces major shakeup in senior ranks of public service, also appoints new deputy clerk of the Privy Council Office before Sunday’s election call
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major shakeup in the senior echelons of the public service nine days before calling the election, including the appointment of a new deputy clerk of the Privy Council Office. Nathalie Drouin, who has been the deputy minister of justice since June 2017, was appointed as the deputy clerk of […]
The 34 ridings the Liberals lost in 2019
The post-COVID agenda: will voters affirm a more progressive, activist approach to government?
OTTAWA—As elections go, there’s no doubt 2015 was a watershed. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began moving his party further left in his first campaign at a time when voters were tired of Stephen Harper’s grim austerity and when NDP leader Tom Mulcair’s fear of being called a spendthrift gave the Liberals a key opening. In […]
